Meet some of our researchers
Meet some of our staff and doctoral students in the Faculty of Health and find out about what they are researching.

Whānau-based strategies for preventing rangatahi suicide
Dr Clive Aspin's recent work involves investigating the role of whānau in the coronial process for rangatahi suicide.

Good things take time
Dr Ágnes (Ági) Szabó is often asked why, as a young person, she is so interested in ageing. But ageing, she says, is not just the business of older people.

Connecting communities with kai during COVID-19
Doctoral candidate Kahurangi Dey (Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngaiterangi) is exploring emergent food networks that formed during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.

Tōfā Mamao—Developing a Theoretical Approach to Pacific Research
Dr Aliitasi Su’a-Tavila is looking at how to undertake effective research in a Pacific context while also adhering to academic research protocols and ethics.

Exploring Indigenous evaluation frameworks
Aneta Cram is a doctoral candidate with the School of Health, exploring Indigenous evaluation frameworks.